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Radiographic imaging apparatus, radiographic imaging system and information processing method

Active Publication Date: 2018-11-08
KONICA MINOLTA INC
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Benefits of technology

The patent is aimed at improving the efficiency of a radiographic imaging system that uses a portable terminal instead of a portable console. The technical effect of the invention is to facilitate the performance of various medical practice-related actions such as imaging and image checking in a more efficient and user-friendly way.

Problems solved by technology

However, this kind of portable radiographic imaging system is expensive.
This is an obstacle to adopting the system for small-sized hospitals or clinics where imaging is not performed so often.
The system does not work under an environment where no communion network is provided.
This decreases efficiency of imaging and so forth.
This can hardly increase efficiency of imaging and so forth.

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first embodiment

[0031]First, a first embodiment of a radiographic imaging system of the present invention is described with reference to FIG. 1 to FIG. 7.

[Configuration of Radiographic Imaging System]

[0032]First, configuration of a radiographic imaging system 100 of this embodiment is described. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of the radiographic imaging system 100 of this embodiment.

[0033]As shown in FIG. 1, the radiographic imaging system 100 of this embodiment includes a radiation emission apparatus 1, a radiographic imaging apparatus 2 and a portable terminal 3.

[0034]The radiographic imaging system 100 does not require a console that controls the radiographic imaging apparatus 2, and can directly communicate with an external system 4. The external system 4 herein is a generic term used to refer to an electronic medical record system, a radiology information system (RIS), a picture archiving and communication system (PACS), an image processing system and so forth.

[0035]The radiation emission...

second embodiment

[0140]Next, a second embodiment of a radiograph display system (e.g. the radiographic imaging system in the first embodiment) of the present invention is described with reference to FIG. 8 to FIG. 13.

[0141]FIG. 8 is a block diagram showing main components of a radiographic imaging apparatus of this embodiment. FIG. 9 is a block diagram showing main components of a terminal apparatus of this embodiment.

[0142]FIG. 10 is a schematic block diagram showing software configuration of an HTTP server function and a Web server function of a radiograph display system 1001 of this embodiment.

[0143]The radiograph display system 1001 (FIG. 10) of this embodiment includes: a portable radiographic imaging apparatus 1002 that performs radiographic imaging using a radiation detector 1021 (FIG. 8), thereby obtaining taken images; and a terminal apparatus 1004 (FIG. 9) that communicates with the radiographic imaging apparatus 1002, wherein the images taken by the radiographic imaging apparatus 1002 can...

third embodiment

[0241]Next, a third embodiment of the radiograph display system of the present invention is described with reference to FIG. 14 to FIG. 17.

[0242]The third embodiment is different from the second embodiment mainly in function and role of the terminal apparatus 1004 and the radiographic imaging apparatus 1002. Hereinafter, the points different from the second embodiment are described mainly.

[0243]FIG. 14 is a schematic block diagram showing software configuration of an HTTP server function and a Web server function of a radiograph display system 1010 of this embodiment.

[0244]As shown in FIG. 14, in this embodiment, the radiographic imaging apparatus 1002 includes an imaging order information storage 1037 which stores therein imaging order information (patient name(s), imaging site(s), etc.) on imaging in the form to be providable for the terminal apparatus 1004.

[0245]The imaging order information is stored in the imaging order information storage 1037 in advance by being sent from the...

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Abstract

A radiographic imaging apparatus includes a radiation detector, a reader and a hardware processor. The radiation detector includes a substrate. On the substrate, radiation detection elements are arranged two-dimensionally. The radiation detection elements generate amounts of electric charges corresponding to doses of radiation by being irradiated with the doses of the radiation. The reader reads the amounts of the electric charges generated by the respective radiation detection elements as signal values, and generates image data based on the signal values. The hardware processor communicates with a portable terminal having a web browser, generates web content displayable on the web browser in response to a request from the portable terminal, and sends at least one of the web content and the image data to the portable terminal in response to the request from the portable terminal.

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BACKGROUND1. Technological Field[0001]This invention relates to a radiographic imaging apparatus, a radiographic imaging system including the radiographic imaging apparatus, and an information processing method using the radiographic imaging apparatus.2. Description of the Related Art[0002]Portable radiographic imaging systems have been developed. In general, a portable radiographic imaging system is constituted of, for example, a panel-shaped radiographic imaging apparatus (called an FPD (Flat Panel Detector)), a visiting cart carrying a radiation emission apparatus, and a portable console constituted of a laptop PC or the like. A user(s) (a radiologist, etc.) can take the system to an imaging location and perform a series of medical practice-related actions including imaging and image checking at the location. This makes it easy to perform radiographic imaging of a patient who is difficult to move.[0003]However, this kind of portable radiographic imaging system is expensive. This ...

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IPC IPC(8): A61B6/00
CPCA61B6/46A61B6/4233A61B6/44A61B6/4405A61B6/563A61B6/4411A61B6/461
Inventor KUBOTA, TETSUOKATSUSHIMA, KAZUHIKO
Owner KONICA MINOLTA INC
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